CRYPTOGLOTTIS. ORCtllDES. 895 



corpusculo septifornii loculi longididiiialilcr biparlienli el cuni eodein 

 decidiiae. 



Epiplijla naiia; caule lamoso ; foliis disiichis miicionalis, basi in peliolum brevem 

 semivaginantem aiienualis , racemis tenninalibus paucifloris.. 



Obs. Hexaineiia proxima Crypiog-lotti esse vidPtur. forsanquo al) ipsa Crypt. ser- 

 pyllifolia Bl. Iiaud diversa ; et si in hac necnon in Appendiculis omnibus septa mo- 

 bilia decidua loculos anlhprarum bipartientia et massas pollinis affigeniia exstant haec 

 iria genera conjungi merenlur. Numerus ternarius enim massarum. quamvjs cha- 

 racteies insignes, el in Hesameria dislicha conslantes praebens, minoris certe valoris 

 considerari debet. r C,. 



Hexamcria dislicha R. Rr. 1. c. : 



Herba parvula, inter muscos parasitica , rhizoj;naie gracilj filifornii repens. Caules 

 hic illinc e rhizomaie orti, erectiusculi, Qliformes, tenues. 3—6 poliicares ramosi, a basi 

 ad apicem usque foliorum vaginis lecti. Folia numerosa , disticha, equitantia, pa- 

 lentia , 2 — 3 lineas longa. oblique lanceolata , mucronata , giabra , nervoso- 

 siriata, basi cum vagina articulata. demum soluta et caduca. Spicae terminales, pauci- 

 florae , floribus 3— 4. Flores parvi, pedicellis patulis suffulti, singuli, braclea parva 

 membranacea ovaia , dellexa, pedicellum subtendente instructa, Perianthii foliola 6 

 biseriata. externa subaequalia, basi connata, late ovata, obtusiuscula, nervo niedio 

 subcarinata; aniicum (ovario recte persistente directionem suoni primiiivam scrvante) 

 paulo aiigustius ; lateralia basi superiore connata in saccum maximum obiusum. sub- 

 didymum floris limbum explicalum, pius^quam duplo superaniem ei calcar cmulantem, 

 inieriora lateralia exterioribus paulo breviora, oblongo-linearia, obiusiuscula ; poslicum 

 (labellum) inclusum. e fundo calcaris oriuin , unguiculoium, lamina angusie obovata, 

 trinervi. integerrimamque lineam bis superante, basi uirinque in setam gracilem, unguis 

 longitudine, abeunte. Columna brevis stigmatis lobis lateralibus auriculas breves 

 subroiundas (in sicco) emulantibus; antice profunde bifida, laciiiiis lanceoiatis acutis. 

 Anthera stigmaii parallela. filamento brevi filiformi affixa , ovata, apice emarginata, 

 basi cordata, bilocularis, limbis approximalis. iVlassae pollinis 3, in quovis loculo ce- 

 reaceae, lanceolatae. septo membranaceo, lanceolato, longitudinaliter bipartienii, de- 

 mum soluto et cum massis deciduo apicibus acutis affixae; duo inferiora collateralia 

 ad utrumque septi latus; terlia superior, paulo minor et gracilior, ad ejus latus ex- 

 lernum. ftlassae superiores respondentis ad sepli latus intcrnum vesligia nulla. Cau- 

 dicula nuUa. 



Dr. Horsfield ,,found this litlle planl in the yearlSlTon tbe declivity of one of the 

 principal volcanos of ihe western parts of Java, the mouiitain.Gede, sit about 40 railes 

 souih of Batavia, in ihe rich vegetable mould , covering the roclis. It appears to be 

 peculiar lo ihe western portion of the island." 



Obs. Eadem Hexameria disticha aCfertur a Schauero I. c. Leop. XXIX. Suppl, 

 p. 431.: „in insula Lucon prope Manilam urbem eleganiissimam hanc planlulam 

 Octobri legit 6. Meyen". 



1492. 0£€KO€£i.%D£!§ UndL 



Bot. Reg. 1522. 

 1. OECEOCLADES TENERA L. 0. 236. Wight Ic. V. (1851.) 1683; 



Caulescenl, leaves oblong, fleshy, emarginale, spikos 3— 4flo\vered, 

 horizontal, shorler than Ihe leaves ; poslerior sc.pal erect, lielniet-fornn ; 

 anterior ones leaninir on the lip, equal, petals pardllel lo the helmet 

 and like il all distiiicl at Ihe base; lip shorler Ihan Iho sepals, Ihree- 

 lobed, cucullale, laleral lobes erect, emarginate, truncate, niiddlc one 

 fleshy, Ihreelobed, flalwith 2callosities at the bases, spuishort incui ved. 



Flowers brownish yellow with crimson points., lip while. Nuera Ellia, Ceylon. 



